Key-ring



V. DAVIS.

KEY RING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. I919.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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ATT R EY Application filed May 8,

To all whom it may concern:

c it known that I, VIRGINIA DAVIS, a citizen of the. United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

his invention is an improved key ring of the general character embodying amain and supplemental ring, the former of which is adapted to carry a plurality of keys and the latter a single key which it is desirable to have freely accessible.

he present invention is of the same general type as described and claimed in my prior application, Serial No. 285,311, filed March 26,1919, wherein the two loops which T supplemental rings of form the main and the key ring are so associated as to lie in different planes, preferably perpendicular to one another. In the said prior application both of the loops which form the key ring were made circular-in shape and while t is construction works out verysatisfaotory to hold the keys in it is found that it is rat er awkward to manipulate if the wire from which the ring is made is of relatively heavy gage. This is to the fact that since all parts of the ring are curvilinear in shape, the key ring affords no means forprecluding the slipping of the fingers during the flexion of the main ring in attaching or detaching the keys. The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a ring possessing all the advantages of the structure of the prior application, but so formed and constituted thatit may be more readily manipulated without any tendency of the key ring to slip from the grasp of the fingers during manipulation.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawmgs.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated different practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions herein shown are to be understood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pre ferred form of the invention showing a plurality of keys mounted on the main ring WE TA'IE S VIRGINIADAVIS, on NEW YoRIz, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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and a single key secured to the supplemental ring.

Fig. 2 is shown in Fig. 1 with the keys detached.

Fig. 3 s ows a face view of the. key rin shown in Fig. 1, but with the keys removed; anc. 1

Fig. 1 illustrates a modified ring embodying a difierent shape of which the'invention may'partake. Y eferring to the drawings '1' designates tions of thesupplemental loop in abutting one another, but if it isdesired are forced key.

If the main loop 1 is made entirely circular as heretofore the flexing thereof as described is rather diflicult for the reason that nopart of said loop allows of a proper gripping thereof by the fingers, which,be-

e convex curvilinear contour of the loop allows the ring to readily slip from the grasp. For these reasons the ring of this invention is so constituted as to afford a proper gripping of the ring by the fingers and this is accomplished through the shaping of the main loop in such manner that the slipping of-the fingers is avoided. Different shapes of which the loop 1 may partake are shown in the Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the underlying principle being that the opposite sides of said loop are formed with portions which are straight or concave. The form of ring shown in F igs. 1, 2 and 3 has concave sections along its opposite sides which will afford a ready gripping of the ring by the fingers without slipping, whereas in Fig. 4, portions of the opposite side of thering are made flat and an. edge view of the'key ring.

parallel, so as to enable the ring to be easily gripped by the fingers.

In forming the main loop 1 as shown in the drawing an elongated formation is imparted thereto and by such elongated formation increased leverage is provided for the flexing of said loop which renders it more easily manipulated than would be the case if the loop were circular. So far as the present invention is concerned the parallel sides and the concave portions may be considered as equivalents since they both assist in the manipulation oh the key ring in a more expeditiously and facile manner than heretofore. I

It will, be understood that mechanical and formal changes may be made in the structure described, such as the substitution of equivalents, without departing from the spirit or substance of the invention, the scope of which is commensurate with the appended claims. Moreover, the material of which the key ringis constructed is not, of course. limited to round wire, as it might be made from wire of any suitable shape in cross section, such as oval, rectangular or otherwise.

Having thus :tully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a key ring formed from a continuous piece of wire and embodying a main elongated loop having certain portions of its opposite sides substantially parallel and other portions concave and being provided with ends or leads extending therefrom and returned upon themselves to form a supplemental loop positioned in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the main loop, said supplemental loop beingprovided with a slit or opening whereby a key may be inserted through the slit and secured to the key ring.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a key ring formed from a continuous piece of wire and embodying main and supplemental loops, certain complementary portions of the opposite sides of the main loop being parallel and other complementary portions of the opposite sides oi said loop being nonpai'allel;

In testimony whereof, I sign my name to this specification.

VIRGINIA DAVIS. 

